Multi-Store Model

Question 1

What is the MSM - who

Answer 1

Atkinson and Shiffrin - MSM, describes the flow between three permanent storage systems of memory: the sensory register, STM and LTM.

Question 2

What is the Sensory register

Answer 2

The SR is where information from the senses is stored, for a duration of half a second. Capacity is high

Question 3

MSM order

Answer 3

Sensory info - Sensory register - STM (maintenance rehearsal) - LTM

Question 4

Limitations of MSM

Answer 4

1. Over simplified, assumes there are single STM and LTM stores.
2. Capacity can’t be measured in amount of info but nature (somethings are easier to remember)

Question 5

Strengths of MSM

Answer 5

1st cognitive explanation of memory basis for WMM - greater understanding of memory.
Supported by amnesia cases. Patients lose either their LTM or STM not both - they are seperate